East Sonora vs Sonora

A side-by-side comparison of East Sonora and Sonora: population, income, housing, and more.

East Sonora and Sonora are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sonora has the higher population (4,965 vs 2,823 in East Sonora). East Sonora has the higher median household income ($85,461 vs $62,621 in Sonora). Sonora has the higher median home value ($379,300 vs $291,300 in East Sonora).

Population, income & housing

	East Sonora	Sonora
Population	2,823	4,965
Median age	60.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,461	$62,621
Median home value	$291,300	$379,300
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,164
Housing units	1,422	2,475
Homeownership rate	68.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Sonora	Sonora
Population	2,278 → 2,823 (+23.9%)	4,844 → 4,965 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$42,383 → $85,461 (+101.6%)	$42,446 → $62,621 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$251,900 → $291,300 (+15.6%)	$273,400 → $379,300 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,333 (+19.6%)	$887 → $1,164 (+31.2%)

East Sonora

Population

2,2782,823

Median household income

$42,383$85,461

Median home value

$251,900$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,333

Sonora

Population

4,8444,965

Median household income

$42,446$62,621

Median home value

$273,400$379,300

Median gross rent

$887$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Sonora	Sonora
Under 5	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	18.2%
35 to 44	5.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	21.3%	14.1%
75 and over	23.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Sonora	Sonora
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Sonora	Sonora
No high school diploma	4.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Sonora	Sonora
Drove alone	74.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Sonora	Sonora
1-unit, detached	53.1%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	12.4%
20 or more units	14.2%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	East Sonora	Sonora
Poverty rate	7.5%	20.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1992	1969